The first winners of the Young Elizabethan Football league in the 1962/63 season were Clifton Athletic Youth Club. That first season saw them do the double as they won both the Senior and Intermediate League. Add to this the Intermediate Knockout Trophy and the...

For Junior football in Clifton you have to go back to 1962. The most famous player at the time was David Pleat who lived at the beginning of the estate at 10 Farnborough Road in the very first houses to be built on what was to become the largest housing estate in...

By the end of their first season in competitive football Both Clifton All Whites and Thistledown Rovers under 12s sides had come out of it with full credit. The difference of ages in both teams took its toll towards the end of the season, especially the 9 year olds...

14 March 1964 YEL Cup Final Phoenix Athletic 5 Clifton All Whites 0 (Played at Meadow Lane) The Young Elizabethan League Junior Knockout Final was played at Meadow Lane under rigorous conditions, nevertheless the boys all under 12 made an excellent showing. There had...

The following week the team met at the corner of Cheddar Road and Farnborough Road. It was their usual meeting place for away games. The game to be played was opposite Nottingham University. They travelled in a Thames (Ford) Minibus It was ideal for away games as the...